Gigantochloa hasskarliana

Botanical Description

Gigantochloa hasskarliana is an evergreen, perennial clump-forming bamboo with short rhizomes. The thin-walled, erect, woody culms are 5 - 6 metres tall, 30 - 50 mm in diameter at the base[ 992 Title The Gardens' Bulletin Vol. 16 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Default.aspx Publisher The Botanic Gardens; Singapore Year 1958 ISBN Description A botanical journal - this issue includes a treatment of the Bamboos in Malaya and the Myristicaceae in Malaya. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is occasionally cultivated, and also gathered from the wild, for its edible young shoots and useful canes[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. It is also sometimes grown as a hedge[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].